Actually, the more I look at GE, the less I like Hyde Park as the finish. The cemetery is across the road away from the waterfront (see red arrow below), and I don't see a match for the hills/mountains behind Phil or a break in the trees along the river at Hyde Park for the finish line area. There's also a major road right along the riverbank (yellow arrow) -- I don't see that in the promo clips, nor would they want to set up the finish along a roadway.

Don't be so fast to dismiss the promo clips & GE image of Hyde Park. The banks of the Hudson River near Hyde Park are quite steep. According to GE, the roadway by the river is at an elevation of 10-30ft, while the grassy open area atop the cliff is at 200ft. The roadway might not be seen at all. The finish line may actually be at the Vanderbilt Mansion National Park (in Hyde Park, NY).

I think the L/K voiceover at the beginning of the AOL promo has been edited from at least 2 different speeches:

1. We are the first female team ever to make the final three -- we have made history...2. Now we just have to be the first team to win the million dollars...

I'm suspecting this because that testimonal at the beginning of their segment looks to be at the finish line area... and the second part of the statement makes no sense if they've already finished the race.

BTW: Don't think I had the right bridge in Lyon after all -- with this close up, the pillars look different...

I think the L/K voiceover at the beginning of the AOL promo has been edited from at least 2 different speeches:

1. We are the first female team ever to make the final three -- we have made history...2. Now we just have to be the first team to win the million dollars...

I'm suspecting this because that testimonal at the beginning of their segment looks to be at the finish line area... and the second part of the statement makes no sense if they've already finished the race.

BTW: Don't think I had the right bridge in Lyon after all -- with this close up, the pillars look different...

look at that picture and count legs, there are 10 pairs of legs waiting...A case could be made for the frat boys to the left or rob and kimberly to the right of the mat, but I don't think any of those could be bama...that would make me VERY happy to see them not win...what do yall think?

and yes, i agree that none of them are wearing the right cloths, BUT it looks like it was sorta chilly with all the other teams wearing pants...so perhaps they threw on other shirts or pants etc?!

look at that picture and count legs, there are 10 pairs of legs waiting...A case could be made for the frat boys to the left or rob and kimberly to the right of the mat, but I don't think any of those could be bama...that would make me VERY happy to see them not win...what do yall think?

and yes, i agree that none of them are wearing the right cloths, BUT it looks like it was sorta chilly with all the other teams wearing pants...so perhaps they threw on other shirts or pants etc?!

Welcome kristin !! Sorry your picture did not work...you can not hotlink from tarflies Honestly I can not make heads or tails of the legs?

look at that picture and count legs, there are 10 pairs of legs waiting...A case could be made for the frat boys to the left or rob and kimberly to the right of the mat, but I don't think any of those could be bama...that would make me VERY happy to see them not win...what do yall think?

and yes, i agree that none of them are wearing the right cloths, BUT it looks like it was sorta chilly with all the other teams wearing pants...so perhaps they threw on other shirts or pants etc?!

I studied the picture and at first thought there were 10 teams but now I'm pretty sure there are only 9. The left side definitely has only 4 teams and the right is a little more tricky but appears to be 5 teams.

On the left we have: Duke and Lauren, Vipul & Arti (?), Peter & Sarah, and closest to Phil are the ChosOn the right we have: Bilal & Saeed, team cheer, blurs which are probably Tom & Terry and David & Mary (?), and finally the BQ'sI'm pretty sure the most recent eliminated racers are closest to Phil. Sarah and Peter can be identified by the height difference but it looks like Peter is wearing a skirt/.

Yet more views....this time (a Google GE view) from the FDR House (just south of Vanderbilt House at Hyde Park). What caught my eye was the train tracks sticking out into the Hudson River. Just throwing this out there, just to confuse everyone.